I wanted to see what people think about using DataImportHandler and importing directly from mysql rather than with XML.
I have already programmed mysql -> XML in PHP and configured Solr to import it when I realized I could use DataImportHandler and skip the XML stage. Are there any negatives of using DataImportHandler? I would have to use the patch that complicates the process I guess when its kind of tempting to try to use Solr as much vanilla as possible. What is the general method when using database information?